[5] General James G. Spears, a resident of Bledsoe, served as a vice president at the pro-Union East Tennessee Convention in May and June 1861, and fought for the Union Army in the war.

[6] James Scales was incarcerated at the Training and Agricultural School for Colored Boys in Bledsoe County after he was convicted for armed robbery.

On November 23rd 1944 McKinney was found murdered and her mother severely injured, later dying of her injuries.

He was found later in the day by farmers who brought him to the reformatory, where he was later taken to the local jail in Pikeville.

Construction workers nearby impersonated reformatory personnel and requested Scales be released to them.

[8] As of the 2020 United States census, there were 14,913 people, 4,894 households, and 3,473 families residing in the county.

Bledsoe County Correctional Complex (BCCX) covers about 2,500 acres between Pikeville and Spencer.

In 1988, it was one of two counties that didn't vote for Democratic Senator Jim Sasser, but two years later, it backed Governor Ned McWherter.